Gray Promotes Patience Hettrick To Station Manager In Springfield, Mass.

Gray Television today promoted Patience Hettrick to station manager of WGGB (ABC) and WSHM-LD (CBS) in Springfield, Mass., effective immediately.

Since March 2015, she has been news director of the two stations. She has spent the majority of her career at WFSB Hartford, Conn., including as assistant news director. Hettrick will retain her news director role in her new position as station manager.

Patience reports to Dana Neves, who today assumes oversight responsibility for the Springfield market in addition to continuing as general manager of WFSB Hartford.

In addition to her work in broadcast news, Hettrick has also been an adjunct professor at Middlesex Community College in Middletown, Conn., since 2006. She holds a master’s degree in education from University of Hartford.